Clasp for fur scarfs



.gune 24 1924. 1,499,234

R. LICHTENSTEIN ET AL CLASP FOR FUR SCARFS Filed Dec. El 1923 A TTORNE YS Patented June 24, 1924.

HARRY R.' LICHTENSTEIN AND MARVIN LICHTENSTEIN, OF'NEWYOR, Nix; 1

CLASP FOR FUR SCARFS.

Application filed December 31, 1923. Serial No. 683,754.

To all w71 om t may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY R. LICHTEN* STEIN and MARvrN LICHTENSTEIN, citizens of the United States of America, and residents of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Clasp for Fur Scarfs, of which the following is a description.

Our invention relates more particularly to a clasp of the type usually xed to the head of a fur scarf to clamp the opposite end of the scarf to the head. The clasp in question includes a securing plate which lies within the head of the scarf and is fixedly held in position, and a clamping jaw pivotally held to the securing member and spring-pressed. The jaw of the clasp in question has been covered by fabric but the sharp edges of the clasp which is concavoconvex in cross section and the sharp ends cause the protective fabric covering to become worn and damaged exposing the metal core of the clamp jaw.

The general object of our invention is to provide a clasp of the indicated type in which the jaw is covered with rubber in a manner making for a long period of wear and so formed as to give an increased clamping action While at the same time possessing such a character as to simulate the actual tongue of an animal.

The nature of our invention and its distinguishing features and advantages will clearly appear as the description proceeds.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this spec iiication, it being understood that the drawings are merely illustrative of one example of the invention.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of a clasp formed in accordance with our invention indicating the same in association with the head of a fur scarf;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the clamp jaw of the clasp;

Figure 3 is an enlarged cross section through the clamp jaw as indicated by the line 3 3, Figure 2;

Figure 4L is a plan view of the clamp jaw.

In the illustrated example of our invention the numeral 10 indicates the usual securing plate which is positioned within the jaw of the head A of the scarfzand disposed longitudinally in the snout a of the head. The clamp jaw of the scarf designated generally by the numeral 11 is pivotally mounted in any approved manner as by depending ears 12 on the plate 10, ears 13 on the core 14 of the jaw 1l and a pivot pin 15 passing through said ears. A spring 16 is employed coiled about the pivot pin 15 and presenting arms bearing respectively against the plate and against the jaw 11 rearward of the pivot 15 so that the spring 10 tends to hold the clamp jaw 11 in clamping position at the under side of the head.

In accordance with our invention we pro vide a covering 17 of rubber completely protecting the core 14 at the top and bottom surfaces, and at the ends and side edges. The material of the rubber covering 17 is applied with extra thickness adjacent the side edges of the core 14 as seen in Figure 3 and also is given extra thickness at the ends of said core as seen in Figure 1-. In order that the clamp jaw 11 may be made to simulate a tongue the rubber covering 17 for its major portion is of black or like dark rubber but to the upper surface we apply a layer 18 of red rubber extending along the upper surface of the clamp jaw from the region of the pivot '15 to the forward end or tip of the clamp jaw. The top surface ofthe layer 18. in simulationof the tongue of an animal is roughenedy usually by fine hair-like ribs 19, not only to increase the tongue-like appearance but to contribute to an efficient clamping action of the jaw 11. To materiallyincrease the clamping action of the jaw 11 we form the layer 18 thickened at the area forward of the rear end but short of the front end of the jaw 11 as shown in Figure'Q, thereby giving generally an arched form to the rubber covering at the area of greatest clamping action, said thickened and arched portion serving to ylirmly engage and bind against the material of the scarf entered between the jaw 11 and the under side of the snout a.

Having thus described our invention, We claim:

A clasp for fur scarfs including a securing member adapted to be applied to the head'of the scarf, and an elongated clamp jaw pivotally held to said securing member,

a, covering of rubber enveloping said clamp jaw, at the top and bottom and at the Side edges, and a layer of rubber on said covering at the top and of `contrastingeolor, said f5 layer simulating a tongue and having a clamping portion protuberant at the upper surface, said protuberant clamping portion extending over an area of the front portion of the jaw forward of the pivot thereof and erminating shortl of the front end of said 10 ]aW.

HARRY R. LICHTENSTEIN. MARVIN LICHTENSTEIN. 

